Could not resist this one. It is real, but am not sure it is
effective as it claims. A professor recently unveiled a wearable
patch infused with bacon flavor that is supposed to help curb
meat cravings.
Charles Spence, a professor of experimental psychology at the
University of Oxford, teamed up with plant-based food company
Strong Roots to create a patch that, when scratched, produces a
smell similar to that of cooked bacon. The idea behind this
strange invention is that the human mind is connected to our
senses of taste and smell, and that certain smells can
significantly reduce food cravings.
If you believe him, people will walk around smelling like meat
in order to avoid eating meat. Spence’s creation is supposed to
be worn like a nicotine patch, but instead of slowly releasing
nicotine into the wearer’s body, it is supposed to be scratched
for an instant olfactory dose of bacon. I admit I am biased,
but like millions of others, if I smell bacon, am induced to
go eat some, not abstain.